Vocabulary

• get it down: To write something down; record something in writing.
• on the floor: Located on the ground or bottom surface of a room.
• of course: Sure ; Certainly
• secret of: The key or hidden information that explains something.
• on the count of: Because of; due to a particular reason or cause.
• have to: Must do
• talking about: To discuss a particular topic.
• matter: To be of great importance; to count
• prone: Lying flat with your head facing the ground
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• treat: To pay for the food or enjoyment of someone else
• silly: Careless
• suppose: To imagine or guess what might happen
• bit: Device put in a horse's mouth to control it
• expert: Skillful person with special knowledge
• syrup: Sugary liquid e.g. used on pancakes
• rare: (Of meat) cooked, but still red and juicy
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• grumpy: Easily annoyed and complaining
• pour: To fill a person's glass or cup with a drink
• stir: To arouse (attention or interest)
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• throw: To use your arm to make something fly in the air
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• fall: Season after summer and before winter; Autumn
• strange: Unusual or odd; surprising because unexpected
• leave: To go away from; depart
• secret: Kept hidden from others; Known only to a few people
• count: To add things together to find the total number
• tight: Showing anxiety or anger; tense
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• catch: Amount of something that has been caught
• awake: To make aware of (a certain feeling or memory)
• program: To make someone act or think in a certain way
• batter: Someone using a bat to play sports, e.g. baseball
• rise: To wake up and get out of bed after sleeping
• head: To hit a ball with your head in a game
• discern: To be able to tell differences, see shapes, etc.
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• behave: To act correctly
• bowl: Part of an object that has a rounded, inward curve
• flour: Powder made from a grain used in cooking
• pan: To follow an object being filmed with a camera
• delicious: Very pleasing to eat; especially pleasing
• fry: To cook something in fat or oil
• prune: A dried plum
• upstairs: On a floor above
• pancake: Flat cake of fried on both sides on a griddle, etc.
• tired: Without energy so you want to rest or fall asleep
• hooray: Said to show delight at something happening
• thorny: Being very complex and hard to solve
• granny: Grandmother
• temperate: Having weather that is not too hot; mild
• snip: To cut using a light movement with scissors
• pig: Animal that bacon, pork and ham come from
• grandpa: Your mother or father's father
• papa: Another word for father